Bigass Weekend Wrap-Up: Friday Taffeta and Daisies; Brunch and Winesday in Pink and Orange

Welcome back, my friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend! 

We have two outfits for you: Friday's office outfit, and what I wore to brunch on Saturday and later that night for Winesday.

Here's Friday - I paired my Rifflandia tee with this very fancy new-to-me taffeta skirt. 

And then a daisy bomber jacket to keep me covered from the sun.

• Nylon daisy bomber jacket - Stella McCartney X Adidas, consignment, Vancouver; last seen here in April with grey and yellow
• T-shirt - Rifflandia merch, thrifted, not tracked
• Skirt - Dominique De Sentino, consignment; purchased here for $59.50
• Leather shoes - Karl Lagerfeld; last worn here in April with big sleeves

As you know, I like to mix band tees with fancy skirts, so I just rolled with that. Rifflandia is now shuttered (it's always money), so now this is a collector tee!

I LOVED this ginormous taffeta skirt - it's such a great shape (rather like a mermaid) and the pleats all kick around when I walk. 

Because it's still a slender silhouette, it didn't get caught in chair wheels or underfoot while going up and down stairs. 

It also makes a wonderful swooshing, whooshing, shushing noise. It's musical! 

I fully intended on wearing the outfit like this all day.

But I was foiled by the building AC, cranking away against the high-20s temps. (Barnabas butt!).

So I wore it like this for most of the day.

Also fine! 

And zipped up and incognito on the way home. 

I picked up my weekend stock of fizzy water on the way home and was a wet puddle of sweat by the time I walked home. This nylon daisy jacket does not breathe! 

The stuff: 

The pins were barely visible on the lapel of the jacket. I knew they were there! 

• Silk scarf - Kenzo, vintage 80s, thrifted
• Heart pin - consignment
• Bee brooch - gift from Megan Mae

Yellow and purple bling: 

One of my favourite colour combinations.

• Yellow cuff - thrifted
• Carved jadeite bangle - consignment
• Silver/amethyst ring - vintage mall
• Gold/amethyst ring - Francis Jewellers, c. 1965, Dad's
• Venetian glass necklace/earrings - Venice, gift from L

Whateley is soooo photogenic. 

What a lovely boy. 

Barnabas, on the other hand, he's a sexy kitty. 

And he knows it! 

After a fun-filled Friday evening of board games, L and I were up early on Saturday - he for Ultimate Frisbee, and me for rotting in bed, reading with coffee.

It was windy but sunny and warm, so I dressed for it! This calls for a massive swooshy skirt. 

• Hemp blouse - Sure 1032, last worn here in June 2025 with a chartreuse miniskirt
• Cotton/silk skirt - H&M's "A Tribute to Marimekko", thrifted; last seen here on our April 2025 jaunt to Sidney
• Shoes - Groovy Aubrey, Fluevog; last worn here (2nd outfit) in May with more pink and orange for brunch
• Puffer vest (below) - Zara, consignment; last seen here in May for a Mom-Day at Beacon Hill Park

I wore this for brunch, a grocery shop afterwards, then for a 2-hour nap, and then for Winesday...all the way till 1:44am when I got home. 

Barnabas barged in for picture time. Nothing new in this outfit - it's all my old favourite pieces. The hem shirt, the silk and cotton swooshy skirt...

I looked like this while in the car and sun in the morning. 

While at John's Place, two other customers asked server Shane if we were the owners of John's! (Uh, no, my name is not John). Why? Because we were fancy! 

And this is my Winesday version, with the puffer vest added for extra mosquito coverage while we hung out in Vero's backyard. 

Barnabas' little head! At one point, I had the scarf completed covering my face, and my hands were retracted into the blouse sleeves. 

Ready to hang with my gals! 

I had a "sea" theme going on. 

The stuff: 

My friends admired it all, especially the scarf and the bright tones. 

• Leather purse - Aimee Kestenberg, thrifted, Powell River
• Silk scarf - Marc Rozier, consignment

I didn't want to remove the brooches from the vest.

I did all my "stuff" picture before Winesday (and before my nap). 

• Fish brooch - vintage fair
• Shell brooch - J.J., consignment, Powell River

Oceanic bling:

I had fun pointing out all the marine-themed pieces. 

• Fish stretch belt - consignment
• Pearly bracelet - thrifted, Powell River
• Carved faux cinnabar bangle - consignment
• Turquoise ring - consignment
• Coral/olivine ring - Honolulu, 1977, Mom's
• Gold/opal/diamond ring - Francis Jewellers, c. 1983
• Earrings - Martha Sturdy, vintage fair
• Articulated cloisonné fish necklace - thrifted, vintage 80s
• Fishbone necklace - Roberto for RLM, consignment

I'd forgotten about my "sweet 16" opal ring. 

My mom insisted on me getting this - I recall the process being fairly miserable (I was 15-16 and rather angsty) and I found the ring too frou-frou for my taste. But it's pretty, and liked it on my silver right-hand ring stack. 

Barnabas, are you watching for Yvonne and my cab?

He's watching someone walk their dog.

I scooped him up on Friday afternoon for some love. 

He's such a cuddly thing. 

Whateley, meanwhile, is ever on Bathroom Patrol. 

Well done, sir! 

I walked down to the Ulti field before brunch. 

Even post-game, L is still styling (I bought him the tiger socks for his birthday). Love the colours! 

This gent - Corey! - looked fabulous. 

He's a John's Place regular, always dresses like this, always wears Fluevogs. He's wearing one of my old necklaces! 

Early evening (around 7pm) at Vero's. 

She's very near Swan Lake, so it was Mosquito Central, even after we put the fire pit on. 

We had plates and just passed the food around. The giant ziploc bag of chocolates was Dangerous. 

I may have eaten a few of them! 

Carolyn took a picture of me, all bundled up and hiding from the mosquitos. 

And yes, I take my own glass when I party at someone's house - one less vessel for them to wash. Rock on, my friends! 

Leaving you with two of the sweetest pictures. 

Whateley crashed when I got up on Sunday. 

And Barnabas just plunked himself down beside me. 

Such a funny boy! 

And there you have it, Gentle Readers! I'm off to enjoy a quiet day with my fam - wish those of you with dads (or if you are a dad, or have dad-like qualities) a very Happy Father's Day.